"I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We'd all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him"

Bryan Robson was the manager of Middlesbrough Football Club and had been for seven years. He felt that the team had actually become too comfy and required a modification. He chose that the very best person to produce this change was Terry, so he decided to hire him. Robson wished to make sure that his staff understood that this decision was not a slight against them, however rather a necessary relocate to enhance the team. He wished to turn the team around and believed that Terry was the best individual to do it. Robson was confident that Terry would be able to bring the team back to its previous splendor and help them to accomplish success.